Out of the Comfort Zone

Out of the Comfort Zone

There is no growth in comfort and no comfort in growth. Business today typically values and promotes leaders for their subject expertise. Leaders who have command of the details and execute based on knowledge and experience are highly respected. However, to grow as a leader you have to get out of your comfort zone – that means learning to lead without just being the expert. Learn to gain the trust and respect of a team that might know more than you do. Get comfortable with ambiguity and with not having all the information. Develop the skills and confidence to lead in a different way. For female leaders, subject expertise is usually the source of their confidence. Learning to lead outside your comfort zone is one step for breaking through the glass ceiling. The show’s purpose is to give you tips on how can you develop the capability to lead – to get out of your comfort zone?

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February 5, 2025 44 mins

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Impact is the watchword lately. In a jammed schedule, with extensive demands, how do you make sure you have the right kind of impact and in the right places? Which decisions do you need to focus on? How can you avoid the micromanagement trap? How do you create the right kind of transparency? How do all of those help you have a greater impact? Those are the questions we are addressing with proven advice from a business...

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Pressure is a double edged sword. It can spur you to get things done, push yourself to new heights and it can damage your motivation and your health. How can we be smarter about pressure – applying pressure or navigating pressure filled moments – whether that is for ourselves or our teams? What have we learned from sports coaches that we can apply to our business teams? And how can we think about star players who put ...

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January 22, 2025 45 mins

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Have you been thinking about how to better motivate your team? Do you believe money is the primary driver for engagement and performance? Do you wonder how to make work more human and why you should try to do so? We have answers.  Listen in for a lively discussion on what truly motivates people at work and why employees are the “new customer”.

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January 15, 2025 40 mins

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With daily microstress, a heavy workload and a constant juggling of priorities, most leaders feel depleted.  Add an out of the comfort zone role change and you can begin to feel that you can’t cope. If that isn’t enough, listen to the global news. Yet, I know that you will be a far better leader if you find a way to rebuild energy. One of the practices to build energy involves finding joy. It is possible, it isn’t jus...

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Far too often, work is overly demanding, unrelenting and a source of stress. Add a negative experience with a manager or co-worker and you have microtraumas that pile up – eventually depleting your capacity to lead and to thrive. How can you heal from these microtraumas? Listen in for tactics to apply now.

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December 20, 2024 49 mins

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This is a real life, business transformation story from the person who led and is still leading the company. If you are thinking about how your business can be more hi tech regardless the current level of technology, this is the conversation for you. And if you are wondering how to get others on board, this is also the conversation for you.

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December 13, 2024 46 mins

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The expectations and experiences of the youngest generation in the workforce (Gen Z) is, to put it simply, different. You may be frustrated or worse. However, to have an effective, productive, engaged workforce you must learn to lead them and lead them well. What does that mean you should do and can do? Fortunately, we have suggestions. Listen in for great examples and sound advice. By the way, it works for everyone e...

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In our comfort zones we do the same routines and engage in the same habits. To move out of the comfort zone, we have to change habits. One of those habits is trying to separate emotions from any situation. When the outcome matters, you can’t take the emotion out. Further, there is information in those emotion – both yours and the other person’s. In negotiating a solution, or in any disagreement about the path forward,...

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If you want to improve your leadership, start by looking inside. Successful leadership is not about power or grand decisions; it’s driven by the set of personal principles that guide the leader’s actions and inspire others.  As coaches, we have known for decades that to up your leadership game, you need to first look at your principles and values. Listen in for wisdom and sound advice on what will make you a more succ...

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November 22, 2024 47 mins

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If you are seeking a way to calm your mind and stop all the ruminating thoughts so that you can focus, solve problems more efficiently and have that sense of satisfaction that comes with being in a state of, then this episode is for you. What is flow? What are the ingredients for achieving it? How can we create more of it? How does flow help us improve our mental health and our productivity? Listen in for practical ad...

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No doubt you want to make a positive impact on the world and no doubt you have issues or causes you would like to see solved. How can you use your money to create change without having huge amounts to give away? Listen in for surprisingly accessible ways for most anyone to invest in a cause or a company they care about.

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What do spies learn in their trade that leaders can apply every day? Turns out that spies are not as the movies portray them and they have incredibly skills in connecting with people – even with people they don’t necessarily like.  Intrigued? Listen in for fascinating stories and impactful insights.

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October 25, 2024 56 mins

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Change and uncertainty – something everyone is trying to cope with and if you lead people probably something that is easier said than done. Despite all the many books on the subject, we are still missing a key ingredient – the human at the center of change. What does that mean for you as a manager, how can you work better with middle managers, what can you do that will make a difference in how your organization activa...

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October 18, 2024 52 mins

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Understanding how our brains work provides valuable clues on how to be more persuasive, particularly when marketing a brand, conveying your message or pitching an idea. Listen in for an update on what we now know about how the brain functions along with great advice on tapping instinct and being more persuasive.

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So many times, men and women have whispered to me that they are afraid of speaking in public. They know they need to get over the fear, but somehow the idea still paralyses them. As a leader, speaking in public is part of the job. There is hope! You can overcome your fear with some tools and some practice. You might come to enjoy it as well. Listen in for advice, to know you are not alone and to understand what spark...

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October 4, 2024 56 mins

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Remote working and hybrid teams are a reality whether you are managing individuals who prefer not to be in the office or ones that are many time zones away. What does it take to lead these teams effectively? How do hybrid teams stay connected? What is different about managing remote or hybrid teams? Listen in for insights and practices.

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You are responsible for managing your career. But, what does that mean you should be doing? Or maybe you have been doing a reasonable job but now you feel stuck. How do you get unstuck and what you can do to keep your career on track? Listen to this episode from veteran HR leaders.

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Profile, brand and reputation matter for your visibility, what roles people consider you for, what opportunities come to you, how people prep to meet you. And they matter just as much internally as externally. You might be surprised how many internal leaders check LinkedIn before they meet with you. Organizations are starting to say to top talent that they need an external profile to be effective at the next level. Ho...

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If you want to make better decisions or if you want to have a set of diverse perspectives around you to guide thinking, then this discussion is vital. How do we frame and then re-frame our points of view to get better results? What keeps us from re-framing? Why is this a unique human skill when so much of what human’s do can be done, eventually, by machines? Listen in for insight and tools.

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September 6, 2024 57 mins

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Getting out of your comfort zone is ultimately about embracing uncertainty. Innovating, recognizing disruptions before they wreak havoc requires some comfort with uncertainty. Why is uncertainty so uncomfortable? Why do we work so hard to eliminate it if that’s where growth lies? What would happen if we allowed more uncertainty into our work places or our lives? More importantly, how can you become more comfortable...

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